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Second, no I'm not here to say anything bad towards any competition. I just want to say good luck on getting that 50 count. Mine is available for &#36;30 more (including the shipping), but that's because I order/sell mine in small batches. Boards are ordered when I have as few as 2 or 3 interests.

Anyway, good luck. This may be my cue to bow out gracefully ... but hopefully not until I've sold off some of the boards I just ordered.

Sorry for the delay in posting, Tristan. As you know, I suffered a nasty wallpapering injury (don't ask!).

Yeah, just to confirm to all, I do know Tristan and confirm he's a stand up chap. Fairly new here, but a veteran on the UK Replica Props Board and veteran costumer (His Vader is pretty darn cool!).

I have one of the chest LED's he's shown above and have to say I'm impressed. A few were made as prototypes, and it's a different company looking at the mass production, so it may be refined slightly.

I've chatted to Tristan about this project in some detail, and if the minimum order of 50 is not reached, We've agreed that I'll speak to the company I have doing the RF servos mentioned in the Helmet forum to see if they can do it without a minimum order for the same price. The project will, or course, remain Tristan's, I'm just trying to help out where I can. I had thought about asking them to do this once the RF thing was developed, but Tristan beat me to it. Well done mate.

So there's the public vote of confidence. Please PM me for the awful truth about Tristan and the incident with the Cucumber, the foil and the airport security scanner. Joking!

I've been chatting to Tristan about this project quite a bit. It's all pretty cool. I have one of the prototypes of these and they rock! Although the PCB is a bit cumbersome (easily hidden in a side pouch though, so no biggie).

Tristan's original supplier was able to do them, but had a really high minimum order (50+ IIRC). If the minimum was not met there was an extra charge (£250 I think) which would have meant it was not economically possible.

Tristan asked me to speak to the guy who is doing the RF servos on my thread about those. I've done that and he is confident that he can do the work, keep it on budget and have a much more flexible minimum order. Much will depend on the final sign up quantity so we won't know for definite for a little while, but it's looking good at the moment.

Given that I already know this guy and Tristan is snowed under with some real life stuff at the moment. He has asked if I would take on the project, which I am happy to do

I shall chat to Mike (the electronics guy) again soon, but he has told me that once the second run of RF servo's is done, he has another project that he urgently needs to work on for a couple of weeks which will take up all of his time.

What I have from him so far is that he can make the units, can tidy up the PCB and make it a little smaller. Any further improvements will be posted if they come to light.

So that's the current status. Updates will follow once I have them, but it may be quiet for a bit while he clears the decks of his other work.

Any questions, PM me or mail me.

::EDIT:: - Just thought, for anyone in a hurry for a chest unit, I think Shackman has a few that he's looking to clear that he could get done quicker. Give him a PM, I'm sure he'll help out if he can.

You'll find the schematics here, but be forewarned that etching these boards and getting all the components will likely cost you more than $75 unless you buy everything in bulk and sell the extras, as these guys are doing. The last time I priced everything individually, it was close to $100, not including the labor to put it all together.

I need to be added to this list.
Also, can you tell me the dimentions the openings need to be for these lights? I'm working on my Chest Armor and need to know Before I paint them.
That way, when I get these, All I'll have to do is install them
Thanks,
Robert E.

The good news is that this can be done, and my electronics guy has no minumum order.

The not so good news is that the price is up a little. He simply can't do it within the price the last guy could and not have a minumum order. We guess the last guy got a discount on bulk, hence the lower prices.

All is not lost, however, as it's only an increase of &#36;7.50. The price for a set of these is therefore &#36;82.50 and that includes shipping, paypal fees etc.

Because the price has changed, I'll be starting a new list, below so If you have already posted your interest, please re-post it now so I can be sure you're happy with the new price.

Sorry for the delay and for the small increase. It really is unavoidable, but we can now go ahead even if we don't get 50 on board! I'll work in runs of 10 so that the first people that sign up don't have to wait too long.

As for the dimensions, I'll ask him and post here once I get the answer.